Deputies also booked 34-year-old Raydell Scott, of Mount Airy, on a warrant for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. After executing a court-authorized search warrant of his home on Marigold Street, deputies also booked Scott with possession of drug paraphernalia, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession of marijuana and possession with intent to distribute cocaine.

In November, detectives said they found about 4.5 kilograms of cocaine, with a street value of $500,000, in the back of a gold Ford F-150 pickup truck they stopped on River Road in Mount Airy following a lengthy narcotics investigation. They arrested Anthony Belvin, 28, of Mount Airy, and Courtney Devare, 29, of LaPlace, and booked them with possession with intent to distribute cocaine.

Raydell Scott

Joseph and Scott planned to distribute the cocaine seized at that time, according to the Sheriff's Office.

At the time of Belvin's arrest, St. John Sheriff Wayne L. Jones described Belvin as a big time drug dealer, serving customers from New Orleans to Baton Rouge. He also said he hoped Belvin's arrest would send a message to the people with whom he dealt.

Scott is being held in lieu of $1.078 million bond and Joseph in lieu of $1 million bond at the Sherman Walker Correctional Center in LaPlace.